| Description |
1 online resource (115 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Princeton monographs in philosophy
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Princeton monographs in philosophy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The concept of Iago -- Apologia for Iago. |
| Summary |
This book is a concise philosophical meditation on Iago and the nature of evil, through the exploration of the enduring puzzle found in Shakespeare's Othello. What drives Iago to orchestrate Othello's downfall? Instead of treating Iago's lack of motive as the play's greatest weakness, The Apologetics of Evil shows how this absence of motive is the play's greatest strength. Richard Raatzsch determines that Iago does not seek a particular end or revenge for a discrete wrong; instead, Iago is governed by a passion for intriguing in itself. Raatzsch explains that this passion is a pathological ver. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Iago.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello.
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Othello (Shakespeare, William) |
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Good and evil in literature.
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Good and evil in literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Raatzsch, Richard. Apologetics of evil. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2009 9780691137339 (DLC) 2008040961 (OCoLC)259754300 |
| ISBN |
9781400830763 (electronic book) |
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1400830761 (electronic book) |
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9780691137339 |
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0691137331 |
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